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* BluffingTheAuthorities: Daniels coaches Prez, Herc, and Carver on exactly what to say to InternalAffairs after they start a riot and Prez smashes his gun into a kid's head. What they did bothers him but the fallout could sink the whole detail.
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* EyeScream: The kid Prez assaults gets blinded.

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* EyeScream: The kid Prez assaults gets blinded.blinded in one eye.



* TheLoad: Daniels is irritated that his team is composed of many people who were each this to their original unit.

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* TheLoad: Daniels is irritated that his team is composed of many people who were each this to their original unit.units.



* PoliceBrutality: Herc, Prez, and Carver drunkenly abuse their power which culminates with Prez blinding a kid.

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* PoliceBrutality: Herc, Prez, and Carver drunkenly abuse their power which culminates with Prez blinding half-blinding a kid.



* TranquilFury: Daniels is ''furious'' at Prez for pistol-whipping the kid. He doesn't raise his voice once when he instructs him what to do which includes falsifying a police report, claiming that the kid attacked him and he hit him in self defense when the reality was that Prez pistol-whipped him because he "pissed him off." It is ''terrifying.''

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* TranquilFury: Daniels is ''furious'' at Prez for pistol-whipping the kid. He doesn't raise his voice once when he instructs him what to do which includes falsifying a police report, claiming that the kid attacked menaced him and he hit him in self defense - when the reality was that Prez pistol-whipped him because he "pissed him me off." It is ''terrifying.''
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* TranquilFury: Daniels is ''furious'' at Prez for pistol-whipping the kid. He doesn't raise his voice once when he instructs him what to do which includes falsifying a police report, claiming that the kid attacked him and he hit him in self defense when the reality was that Prez pistol-whipped him because he "pissed him off. It is ''terrifying.''

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* TranquilFury: Daniels is ''furious'' at Prez for pistol-whipping the kid. He doesn't raise his voice once when he instructs him what to do which includes falsifying a police report, claiming that the kid attacked him and he hit him in self defense when the reality was that Prez pistol-whipped him because he "pissed him off. " It is ''terrifying.''
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* VandalismBackfire: Rawls is so pissed at [=McNulty=] for leaking the story that he sweeps the contents off what he thinks is [=McNulty=]'s desk; Jay has to break it to him that it isn't. It's Crutchfield's, and [=McNulty=]'s desk is the one opposite of the one Rawls just swept. Rawls does a facial reaction of "Oops, I'm gonna have to apologize to Crutchfield" and then sulks back to his office.

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* VandalismBackfire: Rawls is so pissed at [=McNulty=] for leaking the story [[DeskSweepOfRage that he sweeps the contents off what he thinks is [=McNulty=]'s desk; desk]]; Jay has to break it to him that it isn't. It's Crutchfield's, and [=McNulty=]'s desk is the one opposite of the one Rawls just swept. Rawls does a facial reaction of "Oops, I'm gonna have to apologize to Crutchfield" and then sulks back to his office.
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* DopeSlap: Levy gives one of these to D'Angelo as he's escorting him out of the Homicide Unit.
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Bubbles agrees to work for Kima as an informant again, and with a simple trick (putting hats on any viable member of the Barksdale crew), helps the detail, and impresses [=McNulty=]. On the other hand, [=McNulty=] and Daniels are still at loggerheads, and Herc, along with new detail member Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost) and a reluctant Carver, go to one of the towers to make arrests, only to find themselves in hot water when Prez hits a teen in the eye with his gun, and a riot breaks out.

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Bubbles agrees to work for Kima as an informant again, and with a simple trick (putting hats on any viable member of the Barksdale crew), helps the detail, and impresses [=McNulty=]. On the other hand, [=McNulty=] and Daniels are still at loggerheads, and Herc, along with new detail member Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski (Jim True-Frost) (Creator/JimTrueFrost) and a reluctant Carver, go to one of the towers to make arrests, only to find themselves in hot water when Prez hits a teen in the eye with his gun, and a riot breaks out.
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** Also, Daniels talks Prez through a story that will get him out of police brutality charge
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* DirtyCop: Bunk and McNulty question D'Angelo after he's already invoked his right to an attorney but before Levy arrives, and persuade him to write an "apology" to Gant's nonexistent kids, which when Levy does arrive he points out is mighty close to illegally compelling D'Angelo to sign a confession.

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* DirtyCop: Bunk and McNulty [=McNulty=] question D'Angelo after he's already invoked his right to an attorney but before Levy arrives, and persuade him to write an "apology" to Gant's nonexistent kids, which when Levy does arrive he points out is mighty close to illegally compelling D'Angelo to sign a confession.
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* DirtyCop: Bunk and McNulty question D'Angelo after he's already invoked his right to an attorney but before Levy arrives, and persuade him to write an "apology" to Gant's nonexistent kids, which when Levy does arrive he points out is mighty close to illegally compelling D'Angelo to sign a confession.
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'''Season 1, Episode 02'''
!The Detail
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* BadCopIncompetentCop: The terrible trio of Prez, Hera, and Carver is both, but ''especially'' Prez.

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* BadCopIncompetentCop: The terrible trio of Prez, Hera, Herc, and Carver is both, but ''especially'' Prez.
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-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' This is just us talking right? Just you, me, my partner and... what did you say your name was?
-->'''Bodie:''' I didn't say shit.
-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' Just you, me, my partner, and Mr. Shit here.

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-->'''[=McNulty=]:''' This is just us talking right? Just you, me, my partner and... what did you say your name was?
-->'''Bodie:'''
was?\\
'''Bodie:'''
I didn't say shit.
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shit.\\
'''[=McNulty=]:'''
Just you, me, my partner, and Mr. Shit here.



* WouldHurtAChild: Prez needlessly pistol-whips a 14-year old kid so hard he loses an eye.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Prez needlessly pistol-whips a 14-year old kid so hard he loses an eye.eye.
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** In FreudianTrio terms, Kima is TheSpock, McNulty and Bunk are TheKirk, and Prez, Carver, and Herc are TheMcCoy.

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** In FreudianTrio terms, Kima is TheSpock, McNulty [=McNulty=] and Bunk are TheKirk, and Prez, Carver, and Herc are TheMcCoy.
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** [[CowboyCop McNulty and Bunk]] are pretty reasonable approaching D’Angelo and his crew-mates, especially with the [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] they’re used to dealing with. Although they do play fast and loose with the rules by holding D’Angelo with no charge and heavily pressing him for information.

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** [[CowboyCop McNulty and Bunk]] are pretty reasonable approaching D’Angelo and his crew-mates, especially with compared to the [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] they’re used to dealing with. Although they do play fast and loose with the rules by holding D’Angelo with no charge and heavily pressing him for information.
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* {{Foils}}: A literal case of GoodCopBadCop is displayed by three different trips to the Pit by Daniels’s unit:

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* {{Foils}}: {{Foil}}: A literal case of GoodCopBadCop is displayed by three different trips to the Pit by Daniels’s unit:
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* BadCopIncompetentCop: The terrible trio of Prez, Hera, and Carver is both, but ''especially'' Prez.



* EyeScream: The kid Prez assaults gets blinded.



* {{Foils}}: A literal case of GoodCopBadCop is displayed by three different trips to the Pit by Daniels’s unit:
** [[ByTheBookCop Kima]] maintains distance and covertly surveils the perps with help from Bubbles.
** [[CowboyCop McNulty and Bunk]] are pretty reasonable approaching D’Angelo and his crew-mates, especially with the [[DirtyCop Dirty Cops]] they’re used to dealing with. Although they do play fast and loose with the rules by holding D’Angelo with no charge and heavily pressing him for information.
** [[BadCopIncompetentCop Prez, Carver, and Herc]] drunkenly roll up to the Pit at 2 am just to throw their weight around and even engage in some PoliceBrutality.
** In FreudianTrio terms, Kima is TheSpock, McNulty and Bunk are TheKirk, and Prez, Carver, and Herc are TheMcCoy.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Zig-zagged. Quite soon after Prez, Herc, and Carver have a little too much fun roughing up some projects residents, they get bombarded by a hail of bullets, bottles, and other projectiles. By the next day, their car is totaled, their boss is furious, and Internal Affairs will investigate. However, Daniels gives them an out to avoid any lasting punishment while still making it clear if they screw up their story during the investigation, they’re on their own.
* TheLoad: Daniels is irritated that his team is composed of many people who were each this to their original unit.



* MortonsFork: Marla points out that Daniels’s situation is this.
* PoliceBrutality: Herc, Prez, and Carver drunkenly abuse their power which culminates with Prez blinding a kid.
* PragmaticHero: Daniels ends up protecting Herc, Prez, and Carver for his own and his investigation’s sakes.
* RecklessGunUsage: Prez has an unfortunate habit of inappropriately firing his service weapon.
* RulesLawyer: This is how Bunk and [=McNulty=] cleverly sidestep holding and getting a statement from D’Angelo without charge despite his pleading the 5th until his lawyer arrives.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections:
** The only reason Pryzbylewski still has a badge is because he’s the [[{{nepotism}} son-in-law]] of a higher up.
** [=McNulty=] is mostly an aversion. While his friendship with the judge saves him from getting fired/demoted for now, he takes a heavy load of shit from his superiors.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Avon helps cook supper for the Projects.

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Avon helps cook supper for the Projects.Projects.
* WouldHurtAChild: Prez needlessly pistol-whips a 14-year old kid so hard he loses an eye.

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